Word: overhung
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lines giving information about him, nothing new was discovered. Mr. Henry Waters, the agent of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, has since taken up the work, and by most assiduous labor has found what he thinks will lead to the dissipation of the mist which has so long overhung the early life of the founder of America's greatest university. Just at this time Mr. Waters is obliged to suspend his operations for want of funds, and has appealed to the graduates of the college for aid. Several alumni associations have already generously responded, but there yet remains...
Sped over lands and seas, and overhung...
...probable characteristics of these maiden collegians, I was startled by a slight cough, and upon looking up I found myself in the immediate presence of a very young and pretty girl, who was sitting reading, or pretending to read, at the foot of a large maple-tree whose branches overhung the water. Being a Boston man, my first impulse was to beg pardon for my unintentional intrusion, and beat a hasty retreat; but, upon perceiving my intention, the maiden, somewhat to my surprise, remarked, with more amiability than grammatical accuracy, "Wal, you ain't a-going...